Joey Clinkscales immediately grabbed his iPhone and began typing.
He had known Kathryn Smith since she was a St. John’s student interning with the Jets during their Hofstra days. He had watched her move up through the organization. And now his former administrative assistant was making history.
“I texted her and said: ‘Is this you? Is this you I’m reading about?’ ” Clinkscales recalled with a laugh during a Thursday phone interview with Newsday. “And she wrote, ‘LOL.’
“She said yes, it’s been in the works for a couple days,” added Clinkscales, who spent more than a decade with the Jets and is now the Oakland Raiders’ director of player personnel.